We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need be, without running away or numbing ourselves in the thousands of ways we conjure up to avoid the unavoidable.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.
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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.
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See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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When you’re walking, just walk. When you’re eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that’s huge.
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Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
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